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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent changes in elearning are making it possible for students all over the world to take part in classes online. Massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of issues that elearning organizations must deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Dominican Republic to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on low student motivation and high learner attrition?

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